Pittsburgh was the best team in the Eastern Conference during the regular season. It didn’t translate to a cake walk to the Stanley Cup Finals as Boston shut them down in stunning fashion. With a 15-0-0 March and offensive firepower galore, they were full of fantasy value. Let’s take a look back at Sidney Crosby and company in 2013 fantasy hockey.

Team Name: Pittsburgh PenguinsRecord:36-12-0, Lost 4-0 to Boston in Eastern Conference Finals

Player of the Season: Crosby led this high-powered offense with 15-41–56 in just 35 games with 17 power play points and a +26 rating. Imagine how many more points he could have scored if he played all 48 games.

Breakout of the Season:Beau Bennett played 26 games and put up 14 points (3G,11A) with a good +7 rating and 3 power play points. If he stays healthy, he might move up to the third line on a steady basis and get some additional ice time to boost his numbers.

Disappointment of the Season: The penalty kill was the weakness that weighed them down, a little. They were a shocking 25th on the kill at 79.6%. That might have been about all that held them back.

Team Analysis: Pittsburgh got off to a good start at 13-8-0 in the first two months and then went nuts with a 23-4-0 run the rest of the season. Their offense was amazing during the fantasy season but then took a colossal dump by scoring just twice in a four-game sweep by Boston in the conference finals. The Penguins also never lost more than two games in a row at any point in the regular season.

2013-2014 Story Lines:Who is going to be the goaltender for this team? Marc-Andre Fleury made it through the first four games of the first-round series against the Islanders before Tomas Vokoun took over for the next 11 playoff games. Will Jarome Iginla decide to re-up with Pittsburgh after getting traded there mid-season?